Crash sensor
Abstract
Abstract D R A W I N G AN IMPROVED SENSOR ASSEMBLY FOR ACTUATING A VEHICLE SAFETY APPARATUS UPON THE OCCURENCE OF A COLLISION INCLUDES A MASS WHICH IS URGED AGAINST AN ENERGY-ABSORBING STOP BY A COIL SPRING WITH SUFFICIENT FORCE TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF THE MASS TO AN ACTUATED POSITION DUE TO VEHICLE BRAKING AND THE ENCOUNTERING OF NON-COLLISION DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE MASS IS MOVABLE IN A PLURALITY OF DIRECTIONS WITH THE DIRECTION OF MASS MOVEMENT BEING DEPENDENT UPON THE DIRECTION OF IMPACT DURING THE COLLISION WHEN A COLLISION OCCURS, THE MASS MOVES AGAINST THE INFLUENCE OF THE COIL SPRING TO THE ACTUATED POSITION TO COMPLETE A CIRCUIT FOR EFFECTING ACTUATION OF THE VEHICLE SAFETY APPARATUS. THE COIL SPRING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MASS SO AS TO RESIST MOVEMENT OF THE MASS IN ANY DIRECTION WITH THE SAME BIASING FORCE.
Inventors
- 👤 George W Goetz
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